Igniter.



.A. C. R OE SSLER.

IGNITER. APPLICATIION FILED on. 13. 11914.

Patented July 27, 1915.

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' A. CfROESSILER. IGNITERL' 7 APPLICATION man OCT. 13. 1914. f v hmfifiwm j Patented July 27,1915.

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AMANDUS C. ROESSLER, OF MINEOLA, NEW YORK.

IGNITIER.

LMLSALU Q.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMANDUS' C. RoEssLER,

; a Subject ofthe King of Great Britain, re-

understood from that embodiment of my inof a modified form of device showinga siding at Mineola, in the county'of N assauand State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Igniters', of' which the following is a specification.

The general object of this inventlon'is to' facilitate the operation of lighting the various burners of a gas stove without the use of a match or otherfireproducing means.

And to'this end the invention consists in mounting on a'gas stove a gas lighting device comprising a horizontally arranged torch which is connected with the gas supply and in providing a means for turning the, torch,.which when lighted .1s arranged for directingthe flame into communication with the burner.

'Other objects will-appear and be better vention of'which the following is a specifi- ,cation, reference being had to 'the accompanying draw1ngs,-form1ng part hereof, 1n

the line 4.4: of Fig.6 showing the valve in its open -position. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing the valve in its closed position. Fig. 6-is a view of the torch end means for automatically igniting thetorch.

Fig. 7 is a" sectional view of a portion of the device showing a modified form of torch, Fig. 8 is 'an end elevational view thereof; Fig. 9 is a plan view of the torch end of'a modified form of device showing a means for cleaning "the torchtip. Fig.1 lOis a diagrammatic .plan view of a three burner gas stove showing the invention applied thereto, and Fig. 11 is a view of the torch showing a still further modified form of means for igniting the same. I Referring to the drawings nv deta l 1.

designates a gasv stove provided with the usual burners 2 which are connected by the Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Patenih gdt July 2'7, 1915,

Application filed October 13, 1914. S eria1No.866,472. 4 I

pipes 3' with amanifold 4 which connects with a gas supply pipe 5. I My improved device for igniting'the gas burners is indicated as at .6 and" consists of a cylindricalvalve casing? which is-centrally bored asfat 8. to receive a tapering plug or valve 9. The upper end of the plug .is provided with a screw threaded opening 10 to receive the exteriorly threadedinner end of a laterally projecting tubular t'o'rch 11. The outer end of the torch is also exteriorly threaded "as .at' "12 so. as to, receive a sleeve 13 in which is fitted 'anadjustable gas is discharged.

burner tip 14*through. whose aperture the The plug is'provided witli'an axial bore 15 which connects at its upper end with the torch 11 and has its lowerjend communicating with a channel 16 located approximately atthe central portion of the plug- The channel 16 may if desired be made of such a length thatwhen the valve is in its closed position the supply of. gas to the torch may be entirely shut off. and the torch automatically lighted when the device is actuated as will be hereinafter described.

By providing a small groove in the side of the plug, as indicated at 16 for communicating with the channel 16 as indicated in Figs. 4: and 5 communication is established between the gas supply and the torch, where- .by when the valve is in its closed position as indicated in Fig. 5, asmall supply'of gas is permitted to escape to the torch for maintaining the burning of a pilot light. at the tip thereof.

The valve casing is provided with a laterally projecting tubular extension 17 which through a pipe 18 is connected to the manifold of the gas stove. The extension and pipe serve as a conduit to convey the gaseous'fiuid from the supply to the torch. By -mean s of a bracket 18 the valve casing is s'uspendinglyconnected to the under-side of the top plate of the gas stove, a bolt 19 serving as a fastening means for securing the parts together. The bracket 18 may be utilized as'a stop against which the torch contacts for limiting the rotation of the torch and for holdingthe same in l its initial or inoperatlve position.

On the lower extremity of the plug 11 is 'mounted-a pinion 20 which meshes with a rack 21 slidably mounted in a bearing 22 formedon the valve casing. The "rack is formed on the inner end of a cylindrical rod 23 which by neans of a bracket 24 is also suspendingly mounted on the under side of the top plate of the gas stove.

An operating handle 25 is provided on the outer' end of the rod and is located at jacent one end thereof and has-its opposite ends bearing against the bracket 24 and an adjustable sleeve 27 fixedly mounted on the rod. This spring is provided for normally holding the torch in its inoperative position, and for assisting the return of the torch thereto-after the device has been actuated.

Any other suitable means may be employed for effecting the rotation of the torch and the same may be made to rotate com- "pletely either to the left or right'if desired.

The device when applied to a gas stove is preferably arranged so that the torch when 25 revolved will direct a flame so as to ignite any one ofthe various burners of which the stove is provided.

In operating the device the handle is.

pulled outwardly against the action of the spring. The pulling of the handle causes the rack to actuate the pinion and thereby turn the plug which causes full pressure of gas to flowto the torch thereby progressively increasing the volume of the flame flashed outwardly from the tip of the torch which is of, suflicient length to reach and ignite the several burners of the stove'as the torch is rotated. When the burners have been lighted the torch is then returned, by the actionof the coil spring, to its initial position, whereupon by the action of the valve the increased flow of gas to the torch has been materially redueed,-thus permitting the maintenance of a small pilot light at the tip of the torch as previously described. -If desired, the valve. may be grooved so that the flow ofgas to the torch may be controlled at any desired pointor pointsin its rotation; thus when the continuous jet method is used and the torch is in 'its initial or starting position there is onlya small flame using therefrom which when the device is actuated, the flame may be, made vto increase in length and volume until the ignition of the various burners can be eifected, such for instance, when the device is to beused on such a'gasstove as that indicated inFig. 1 O..

In casesiv'vhere the-stove top is provided with a central division bar the torch can be arranged to come to rest under thesame and thus be protected from anv fluid being spilt over it and extinguishing the flame.

'When the ba l is not provided the tip-of the torch can be protected bya small shield or indicated in Fig. 6, a spark gap is provided as indicated at 31,- which when the torch is revolved electrical contact is made at 32, thus causing a spark to jump across the spark gap and ignite the gas issuing from the tip of the torch. Any suitable electrical energy may be utilized, such as the usual form of batteries or the device may be connected to the usual house circuit if desired, by using a transformer if necessary.

In Fig. 11 I have shown mounted on the tip of the torch a small perforated cylinder 35which may contain platinum sponge or other-suitable lighting media. In this form when the pull rod is operated the valve is opened thus permitting the gas-to impinge on the lighting media carried in the perforated cylinder, thus causing the ignition arranged in the path of movement of the torch so that the tip of the'torch may be cleaned at each time the same is turned. I It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention and therefore I do not wish to be limited to such fea tures except as may be required by the claims.

What I claim as new is 1. In a gas lighting device f 1' gas stoves including a turnable torch an a gas supply pipe therefore, the combination of a valve located in-the supply pipe and adapted for progressively increasing the flow of gas to the torch upon the rotation of the torch and burners located at different distances from the axis upon which the torch turns.

2. In a gas lighting device-for gas stoves including a turnable torch and a gas sup ply pipe therefore, the combination of a turnable valve located in the supply pipe and provided with a channel and a tapering groove, one communicating with the other for progressively increasing theflow of as to the torch upon the rotation of the va ve and burners located at diiferent distances from the axis upon which the torch turns.

meaaoa law 3. In a gas lighting device for gas stoves including a turnable torch and a'gas supply pipe therefore, the. combination of a valve located in the supply pipe and adapted for gradually increasing the flow of gas through the torch upon the rotation of the torch, a pinion connected to the valve, a pull rod having rack teethin mesh with the pinion, a spring surrounding the pull rod, and means for efiecting the tensioning of the spring when the pull rod is moved in one direction and including a support for the pull rod.

4. A gas lighting device comprising a supply pipe, a turnahle torch connected to the supply pipe, means for progressively increasing the flow of gas to the torch as the torch turns, a bracket fixed to pipe, a pull rod to rotate the means mounted on the torchand' in the path of movement of the cleaning the torch upon the turning of the same and burners located at 'difierentdistances from the axis upon which the torch turns.

the supply arranged in pr'ese'nceof two witnesses.

AMANDUS C. ROESSLER. Witnesses:

M. E. LAUGHLIN, GEoABYRNE.

torch, and

torch for 20 In testimony whereof I, afiix my signature 25 

